Comm No 0020.02 - Transmit CA-6 for First Reading

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CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: Section 1. Article VII, Chapter 2, Section 7-2.3, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows: "Section 7-2.3. Chief of Police and Deputy. The chief of police shall be appointed by the police commission and may be disciplined or removed by the police commission at its sole discretion. Q Any motion for discipline or removal of the chief of police must contain a statement of reasons, and the commission shall not vote to discipline or remove the chief of police unless the chief of police has been given an opportunity to respond to the statement of reasons at a hearing before the commission. The deputy shall be appointed by the chief of police with the confirmation of the police commission and may be removed by the chief of police with the approval of the commission, without cause being stated. The chief of police shall have had a minimum of five years of training and experience in law enforcement work, including at least three years in a responsible administrative capacity." Section 2. Article VII, Chapter 4, Section 7-4.3, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows: "Section 7-4.3. Fire Chief. (a) The fire chief shall be appointed by the fire commission and may be disciplined or removed by the fire commission at its sole discretion. Q Any motion for discipline or removal of the fire chief must contain a statement of reasons, and the commission shall not vote to discipline or remove the fire chief unless the fire chief has been given an opportunity to respond to the statement of reasons at a hearing before the commission. [(b)]ic,) The fire chief shall have had a minimum of five years of training and experience in fire control, including at least three years of experience in a responsible administrative capacity." Section 3. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken through. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2020), the revisor need not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, or underscoring. Section 4. The revisor of the charter shall renumber charter article, chapter, and section numbers and any cross references thereto pursuant to amendments approved by the electorate.